Toilet-paper and paper-towel dispenser



N. S. H'ILLYARD.

TOILET PAPER AND PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27.1920.

1 400 77 v Patented Dec. 20, 1921..

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A TTORNE Y NEWTON S. HILLYARD, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

TOILET-PAPER AND PAPER-TOWEL DISFF-NSER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2%, 1921.

Application filed July 27, 1920. Serial No. 399,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nnwron S. HILLYARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet- Paper and Paper-Towel Dispensers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in toilet paper and paper towel dispensers, and the objects of my improvements are, first; to provide a dispenser of this class, which shall be simple, substantial and durable, shall be constructed without springs or detachable parts, and be efficient in dispensing a limited amount of paper at each operation of said dispenser, thereby avoiding the enormous waste of paper, which is experienced in using the dispensers of this class in which, the paper is dispensed in unlimited quantities, second; to so construct the dispenser, that the conventional, round-roll paper which is devoid of notches or other irregularities in its ends can easily and quickly be placed therein and used, and in which said paper is practically shielded from dust, third; so construct and arrange the parts of the dispenser, that the hands of the user of it shall not be injured by sudden contact with any part thereof, shall be extremely neat in appearance, and cheap in cost of manufacture.

T attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the dispenser, with a roll of toilet apertherein. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the dispenser, cut longitudinally through the shaft,also showing the shaft stop in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, on the line 1 1, seen in Fig. 2, looking downward. Fig. 4 is an enlarged end view in detail of the paper holder, looking toward the right, showing the shaft stop. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section in detail, of the shaft retainer, cut vertically through its center, looking toward the left.

Referring to Fig. 2, the paper holder 1 is secured on the shaft 2, the end portions of which shaft are oscillatably mounted in the bearing plates 3 and 4:, which plates depend from, and are formed with the inner edges of the shelves 5 and 6, respectively. Said shelves and their bearing plates extend practically from the front to the back of the cabinet 7, (see Fig. 3,) in which they are substantially secured by soldering. or by any other expedient, well known to the sheet metal workers art.

' The lower edges of the backs of said shelves (see Fig. 2,) are further secured in said cabinet 7, by the lower edges of the latter, which are bent upon the lower edges of said shelves, as seen at 8. Said back portions of said shelves form reinforcement-s, whereby the lower portions of the ends of said cabinet are rendered more'rigid and substantial.

The transversel disposed cornersof the paper holder 1 {see Fig. 2,) are rounded for permitting the roll of toilet paper 9 (see Fig. 1,) to be forced onto said holder, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The lower portion of said holder is of box formation, which boX, for cheapness'of material, is filled with cement, forming the overbalance weight 10. Said weight may be formed of any other heavy material, such as metal, and the like.

The shaft stop 11 is formed of a portion of the shaft 2, which is bent at a right angle thereto or slightly less than degrees,

as shown in F 2, for clearing the bent end of said shaft stop from frictional contact with the lower back portion of the shelf 5. While the weight 1 isin normal position, said shaft stop extends downward and for ward, from shaft 2, as shown, as seen in Fig. 4.

- The shaft retainer 12 (see Fig. 5,) is formed of a rod, the upper end portion of which is halved and bent, forming the eye 13, onthe upper end thereof. The lower end portion of said retainer is bent at a right angle thereto, forming the movable slot closer 14. Said retainer is slidably mounted in the sleeve 15, which latter is secured in the shelf 6;

The slot 16 is formed through the bearing plate 4, with its upper end terminating in a bearing aperture formed through said plate, for the reception of an end portion of shaft 2.

The lower portion 16 of said slot is downwardly and forwardlyinclined and extends through the lower edge of said bearing plate. "The apertures 17, seen in ,Fig. 2, are formed through the back of the cabinet 7,

for the reception ofsecuring means, (not shown,) whereby said cabinet is secured to any desired fixed object.

The reinforcingbar 18 is riveted on the lower portion of the back of the cabinet, as

seen in Figs. 2 and 3, providing reinforcement for the edges of the lower pair of the apertures 17 andfor. the lower portion of said cabinet back.-

The reinforcements 19, seen in Fig. l, are formed of die-stamped sheet metal and are solderedonthe upper front corners of the cabinet 7, for rendering the same'substantial.

It will'be seen in the drawings, that such corners and edges of the cabinet as the hand ofthe user of thecabinet might strike, are rounded for preventing injury to said hand.

In operation of the cabinet, in filling the same with a rollpaper, the user thereof, places the point of a pointed instrument, such as a pencil or the like, in the'eye 13, (see Figs. 3 and 5,) and thereby lifts said shaft retainer and the therewith formed slot closer 14, above the level of the shaft 2.

While thus holding saidparts, he draws the adjacent end of the paper holder 1 toward the front of the cabinet 7, which similarly moves the thus released end-of shaft 2.

After said end of said shaft reaches the seen-in Fig. 4. The inner surface of said roll of paper is of cylindrical form, and when thus forced onto said paper holder, is sharply bent around the corners of the latter, thereby preventing said roll of paper from rotating on said paper holder in dispensingthe paper, as hereinafter described.

He thereafter lifts said roll of paper and thereby moves said end of shaft2 backward,

meanwhile pressing it against the lower edge of the bearing plate 4:. When said end of said shaft is in register with said inclined slot portion, the upward pressure of said parts causes theend of said shaft to move upward into said slot portion 16.

Continued movement of said parts, moves the end of said shaft against the slot closer 14, thereby lifting the latter, which clears allof the slot 16. Further movement of said parts moves the said shaft 2, into the position. seen in Fig. 5, from beneath said slot closer and the shaft retainer 12, uponwhich said shaft retainer and'the therewith connected parts gravitate from their described position, to the position shown.

normal position shown.

After these operations are accomplished, the roll of paper 9 is in the position seen in Fig. 1, ready for use.

In dispensing the paper, said user grasps the free portion thereof and pulls the same downward, thereby rotating said roll and the therewith connected parts clockwise, which similarly oscillates the shaft stop 11. The movement of said stop and the therewith connected parts is limited by contact of the free end of said stop with the shelf 5, thereby stopping rotation of the roll of paper 9. Continued pulling on the free end portion of said paper tears the same in two, along one of the linesof scorings 97..

It will'be understood that said parts are" thus stopped with the weight 10 in a position upward and backward from shaft 2, and when saidroll of paper is liberated by tearing a portion of it therefrom, said weight by the gravity thereof, returns. said parts from their described position to the The return rotation of the roll of paper 9 carries the-free end. of said paper backward, after which "said end gravitates to. theposition shown.

T hese operations are repeated as frequently as desired, obtaining a limited amount of paper at each operation of the dispenser; and since the intelligent userof the dispenser will not repeat said operations more frequently than is required, a larger amount of the paper is saved than is done in using the conventional dispensers from which an unlimited quantity 'of paper can readily be unwound from the roll.

While I have shown and described my invention for use in the dispensing of toilet paper, it is evident that the same can be made of such sizes .and proportions as will adapt it for the dispensing vofpaperztow'els, napkins and the like,]without departing from the spirit of my invention, which I reservethe right to do.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim'as new, and; desireito secure by Letters Patent is:

In a roll-paper dispenser, a bearing plate,

a shaft, one end of said shaft'being oscilla tably mounted in loose fitting aperture formed through said plate, a shaft stop formed of aportion of said shaft'bent at practically .a rightangle' thereto outside of said bearing plate with a return bent end formedon the free end of said shaft stop, another bearing plate provided with an aperture formedtherethrough for the reception of the other end of said shaftsaid other bearing plate having an inclined slot formed therethrough the upper end of said slot terminating in saidlaperture and its lower end opening" through the lower edge ;of said plate, a shaft retainer for retaining said other end of said shaft in its bearing aperture, a sleeve 1n whlch sald retainer is slid-ably mounted for vertical movement, a slot closer formed on the lower end of said retainer for closing said inclined slot, an eye formed on the upper end of said shaft retainer whereby it is lifted for releasing the adjacent end of said shaft, and a paper holder secured on said shaft, said paper holder being adapted to have a roll of paper tightly fitted thereon, the Whole forming ready means for detaching and lowering one 10 end of said shaft and the thereon secured paper holder and whereby said shaft can easily and quickly be returned to normal position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NEWTON S. HILLYARD. 

